Frontex headquarter is a shame for Catania

Enough with racism and militarization: we will prevent the opening!
The announcement of the opening of an Frontex agency office in Catania is an insult and a great shame for the whole city. The Mayor of the city is guilty of a reckless act which is totally incompatible with the common feeling of the city. Catania is a city, open for antiracist welcoming and has always functioned as a bridge between people. The agency Frontex and the operation Triton are military programs of the European Union focusing on the closure of borders and the refoulement of migrants which have nothing to do with the acceptance and saving the lives of those who due to hunger, war and despair are forced to cross the Mediterranean sea on insecure boats as slaves and victims of human trafficking. read more/continua...

Telefono di Allarme - Alarm Phone

Telefono di Allarme - Alarm Phone 
Alarm Phone di Watch The Med è stato istituito nell’ottobre del 2014 da reti di attivisti e rappresentanti della società civile in Europa e NordAfrica. Il progetto ha creato una linea telefonica diretta e autorganizzata per rifugiati in difficoltà nelle acque del Mar Mediterraneo. Offre ai rifugiati su imbarcazioni in difficoltà una seconda possibilità di diffondere il loro SOS. Il telefono di allarme documenta e mobilita in tempo reale. Così facendo, viene esercitata pressione ad effettuare salvataggi ogni volta che sia possibile e ci si oppone ai respingimenti e altre forme di violazioni dei diritti umani dei rifugiati.
Dunque, Alarm Phone non è un numero per il salvataggio, ma un numero di allarme a supporto delle operazioni di salvataggio.

The Watch The Med Alarm Phone was started in October 2014 by activist networks and civil society actors in Europe and Northern Africa. The project set up a self-organized hotline for refugees in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.
It offers the affected boat-people a second option to make their SOS noticeable. The alarm phone documents and mobilises in real-time. In this way, pressure to rescue is built-up, wherever possible and push- backs and other forms of human rights violations of refugees and migrants at sea can be opposed.
Thus, the Alarm Phone is not a rescue number, but an alarm number to support rescue operations. read more/continua...